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Several School of Journalism professors’ and doctoral students’ work will be presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication‘s Southeast Colloquium March 19-21 in Oxford, Miss.

• Associate professor Tony Fargo’s paper, “The Dark Side of Discretion: Should Legislation Curb Judges’ Powers in Journalist’s Privilege Cases?” examines some recent cases, including one involving former USA Today reporter Toni Locy, in which unusual and possibly excessive sentences against reporters have been levied for refusing to reveal confidential sources. The paper looks at the pros and cons of limiting judges’ power to fine or imprison journalists as part of the proposed federal shield law.
  
  Fargo also will be a moderator and discussant for a Law and Policy Division paper session.





• Doctoral student Gerry Lanosga’s history paper, “’God Help Our Democracy’: Investigative Reporting in America, 1946-1960,” argues that despite conventional views of investigative reporting being limited to the muckraking and Watergate eras, there was quite a bit of it going on in the middle decades of the 20th century.





• Doctoral student Jason Martin‘s paper, "Strange Bedfellows: Coverage of Sex in American Broadsheet and Tabloid Newspapers," originated in assistant professor Lesa Hatley Major‘s J560 Sex and the News course in the fall semester.
  
  Also, Martin collaborated with associate professor Tony Fargo on "The Circle Game: The Journalist’s Privilege Evolves to Aid Bloggers and – Journalists?" that looks at the emerging pattern of cases considering the overlapping issues of journalist privilege and the anonymous speech rights of individuals who make allegedly defamatory comments online.